On the move
KOORIE elders from across the Latrobe Valley will no longer have to hire a bus for their regular trips and get-togethers, following support from the Traralgon South community.
Cuts to go ahead
Last-ditch attempts by power industry unions to resist significant maintenance cutbacks at Hazelwood Power Station have to come to a "depressing" end, with the finer details of a retrenchment program agreed upon.
Job, course cuts threat
STAFF and course numbers at Monash University Gippsland are being threatened by Federal Government funding cuts but an alliance with Ballarat University remains the best way forward, according to Monash Gippsland's campus head.
A family in tatters
It's been almost 17 months since the video footage taken on a Trafalgar abattoir slaughter room floor, obtained with permission by a 'TAFE photography student', sparked one of Gippsland's most controversial animal abuse cases.
Cruelty charges dropped
The State Government remains silent amid heightened criticism over its handling of animal abuse accusations at a Trafalgar abattoir, which shut down a 60 year-old family business in late 2011.
Idle ambulance data challenged
DATA showing ambulances sat idle for more than 300 "unfilled shifts" in Gippsland last year has been challenged by Ambulance Victoria.
University stoush escalates
TENSIONS between Latrobe City Council and Monash University have intensified following a professor's thinly-veiled attack on council's criticism of the institution.
Waste scheme rubbished
Latrobe City Council has vowed to better communicate with the public about its hard waste services following community outrage over long delays and tight restrictions during the weekend's no-charge drop-off service
Nurses put the challenge out
Witnessing first hand the life-saving power of blood donations across her career, nursing lecturer Ainsley James knew how important it was to donate.
Opening up together
Living with prostate cancer can make you feel 'bloody lonely sometimes'. But it doesn't have to be.
Department merger concerns
AN environmental group has raised concerns planned State Government department mergers might see new brown coal projects fast-tracked in the Latrobe Valley.
Valley teacher pay rise in sight
Latrobe Valley public school teachers are set to receive hard-fought pay rises this year, after one of the most drawn out industrial disputes in recent history drew to a symbolic close yesterday.
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Melbourne makes Opals cut
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BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
SEVEN cuts were made for the Australian Opals, with Traralgon's Jade Melbourne holding her spot.
The duel WNBL and WNBA player will don...
